Fuel-gage.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY HUEBER, 0F SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR T0 ARNOLD A. BARKEY, 0FSEATTLE. 'WASIl-IINGTON4 FUEL-GAGE.

.pplication led December 2B, 1916.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY Homann, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Seattle, in the county of King and State of lVashington,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fuel-Gages, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvementsl in gages for indicating theamount of fuel in the fuel tank of a motor vehicle, and the object 0fthis improvement is to provide a gage of this Class that is cheap andsimple in construction and easy to install on the fuel tanks of motorears now in common use.

The invention consists in the novel eonstruetion, adaptation. andeombination of parts, as will be more clearly hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the aeeompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a somewhat diagrammatic view,partly in Section and partly in elevation, of my device as it may appearwhen it is installed on the fuel tank of an automobile; and Fig. 2 is anenlarged detaehed sectional view illustrating details of the invention.

Referring to the drawings. throughout which like reference numeralslindicate like parts, the numeral 5 indicates the frame of a motor earwhich is provided with a fuel tank G usually located underneath thefront seat 7 of the ear.

The fuel tank 6 is provided with a suitable inlet 8 through whieh fuelmay be introdured. and with an outlet 5) having a shutoff valve it) andeonneeted with a fuel eonduit pipe 11 that may lead to the engine of theear.

My fuel gage ronsists in a tube l2 adapted to be seeured to the outsideof the ear frame, 5 by a bracket 1? and eonneeted at its lower end witha pipe .14 of smaller' diameter that terminates in a T fitting l5, oneend of which is eonnected with the fuel outlet 9 and the other end ofwhieh is provided with a valve 16 that may be opened to permit. the tank6 or the tube l2 to be drained.

The pipe 14 is preferably provided near the T fitting 15 with a union 17of a form more clearly shown in Fig. 2.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25, 1918.

serial No. 140,461.

The tube 12 is preferably about threequarters of an ineh in diameter andis adapted for the reception of a measuring pin 18 graduated from thelower to upper end thereof as shown iu Fig. 1 and seeured at its top endto` a rap member 19 that fits snugly within the top end of the tube 12.

The tube 12 is so adjusted to the frame 5 that its bottom end is on alevel with the bottom of the tank t5, and the measuring pin 18 is justlong enough to reach to the bottom ot' the tube 12 when the cap isinserted within the top of the tube.

When the apparatus is installed as shown in Fig. 1, and the shut-ott'valve 10 is open, the fuel in the tube 12 and fuel tank 6 will alwaysstand at substantially the same level; thus the depth of fuel in thefuel tank may be read direetly, by removing the measuring pin 18 fromthe tube 12 and noting the depth to which the lower end of such pin hasbeen immersed in the fuel.

The tube 12 is of relatirelv small diameter so that the fuel thereinwill not be agitated and caused to dampen the stiel( 18 above theabsolute level of the fuel to any extent.

The cap member 1l) is made to fit tightly within the top of the tube 12so that the fuel within such tube will not have a ehauee to slop out orevaporate.

lli-hat T claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

In combination with a fuel supply tanlw supported on the floor of avehiele and be ueath the vehiele seat, an outlet pipe seetion. tappedinto the bottom ot' said tank and extending below the vehiele Hoor, aT-titt'ng having one end thereof eonneeted u ith t'le lower end of saidoutlet pipe seetion, at drain valve eonneeted to the other end of saidT- fittiug. an engine. fuel feed pipe eonneeted to said outlet pipesection between the said tank and said T-fitting. a shut-olf valve insaid outlet pipe section between the said tank and said engine fuel feedpipe)` a substal'itially vertieal tube secured to and in front of saidseat with the upper end thereof lying against the front edge of the seatbottom. the bottom of `said tube being at the same level as the bottomof said fuel tank,

a removably graduated measuring pin of whereby the depth of fuel Withinsaid tank substantially the same length as that of said and said tubewill be substantially equal. 10 tube uormully disposed within thelatter, Signed by me at Seattle, Washington, this Suid measuring pinhaving a cap secured to 10th day 0f November, 1916.

5 the tnp`en l thereof and fitting snugly With- HENRY HUEBER.

in the top of Suid tube, und un elbow-shaped Witnesses: pipe sectionconnecting the lateral branch of Il. B. HERALD, said T-ftting with thebottoni of said tube 'R. J. COOK.

